{"id":380583,"date":"2026-06-30T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380583\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:48:09","slug":"disneyland-resort-attractions-in-anaheim-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/380583\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland Resort | Attractions in Anaheim, Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Made up of two main parks\u2014the seven-decade-old Disneyland and the newer Disney California Adventure\u2014this themed resort is a winner with tourists and locals alike. You\u2019ll find all your favorite characters here\u2014including at the recent arrivals of the Star Wars-themed Galaxy\u2019s Edge<\/a>\u00a0and the Marvel-themed Avengers Campus<\/a>\u2014along with a clutch of super fun rides and pricey food and drinks. There\u2019s not really a good time to go to avoid the crowds\u2014it\u2019s always busy, especially around Christmas\u2014so you might need a bit of patience to appreciate the magic.<\/p>\n

Just a quick primer first: Disneyland Resort refers to the Disney-owned plot of land in Anaheim that includes the two theme parks, as well as a trio of hotels and the Downtown Disney shopping district. You can buy an admission ticket to just a single park, or you can pay up for a Park Hopper ticket that lets you go back and forth between the two (their entrances are directly across a pedestrian plaza from each other).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never been before, you\u2019ll probably want to consult our guide to the\u00a0best Disneyland rides<\/a>\u00a0and best Disneyland food<\/a>, as well as a primer on Disney Genie<\/a>, but we\u2019ll give a quick rundown below of everything that\u2019s on offer.<\/p>\n

Disneyland<\/p>\n

Walt Disney\u2019s original 1955 park is packed with must-do attractions spread over\u00a0nine lands, all immaculately themed in every detail and bursting with charm. Main Street, U.S.A., embodies turn-of-the-19th-century America (just with more gift shops and corn dogs), while Frontierland and New Orleans Square channel the American West and the bayou, respectively. Adventureland offers thrills of the jungle variety; Tomorrowland is a look into the retro-future;\u00a0Bayou Country (formerly Critter County) is home\u00a0to Winnie the Pooh and Tiana; and Fantasyland is where Disney\u2019s animated films come to life. As for the iconic mouse, you\u2019re most likely to find him scurrying about with his pals in Mickey\u2019s Toontown. The\u00a0newest land, Galaxy\u2019s Edge,\u00a0brings the\u00a0Star Wars universe to life with a new planet, the astoundingly fully-realized\u00a0Batuu, which brings together characters from both the sequels and, now,\u00a0the original trilogy.<\/p>\n

But most people, of course, are here for the rides. Among the best are Space Mountain (located in Tomorrowland), a legitimately thrilling indoor roller coaster; the epic Indiana Jones Adventure (in Adventureland); Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure<\/a>, a wet and colorful log flume that was formerly Splash Mountain (in Bayou Country); the slow-moving but\u00a0atmospheric Pirates of the Caribbean (in New Orleans Square); the immersive Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (in Galaxy\u2019s Edge); and the Matterhorn (in Fantasyland), a breakneck bobsled ride. Those sit alongside more tame midcentury classics like Peter Pan, It\u2019s a Small World and the Enchanted Tiki Room. Stay through the evening, and you\u2019ll typically be rewarded with a nighttime parade, projection-mapping show and\/or fireworks display, as well as the riverfront, pyro-filled\u00a0Fantastmic! stage show.<\/p>\n

Disney California Adventure Park<\/p>\n

In 2001, Disneyland\u2019s former parking lot\u00a0opened its doors as a celebration of the geography, culture and history of California. (And also booze: Unlike most of Disneyland, it serves alcohol.) Some more recent renovations have pulled the park further from its California theme, for better or worse. You\u2019ll enter through Buena Vista Street, a re-creation of L.A. in the 1930s, and stroll along the backlots of Hollywood Land and the\u00a0Sierra-inspired\u00a0Grizzly Peak. Meanwhile, the alfresco food courts at San Fransokyo Square and Paradise Gardens Park channel the Bay Area. But much of the rest of the park has taken a turn toward Disney properties instead of California sites: Pixar Pier brings together animated characters into a carnival setting, Cars Land\u00a0features an astonishing re-creation of Route 66, and Avengers Campus has\u00a0brought\u00a0Marvel characters like Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy into the fold.<\/p>\n

While DCA, as it\u2019s often referred to, features fewer rides than Disneyland, it\u2019s home to some of the resort\u2019s highest-tech thrills. The\u00a0beautiful\u00a0Soarin\u2019 (in Grizzly Peak)\u00a0uses a massive screen and wind in your face to simulate hang gliding,\u00a0Toy Story Midway Mania\u00a0packs wildly amusing carnival games into a single ride, Radiator Springs Racers sends\u00a0passengers careening through canyons and into the world of\u00a0Cars, while\u00a0Guardians of the Galaxy\u2014Mission: Breakout! catapults and plunges riders in a Marvel-themed drop ride (formerly Tower of Terror). Make sure to see the incredible\u00a0World of Color water show each evening.<\/p>\n

Downtown Disney and hotels<\/p>\n

If you park in the resort\u2019s massive parking garage, you\u2019ll venture through Downtown Disney on your way in. The outdoor shopping district has seen an uptick in worthwhile vendors in recent years, including Din Tai Fung<\/a>, Splitsville Luxury Lanes, Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes, Ballast Point Brewing Co. and Salt & Straw. The area\u2019s adjacent to the Disneyland Hotel (home of the excellent\u00a0Trader Sam\u2019s Enchanted Tiki Bar<\/a>)\u00a0and the\u00a0Grand Californian Hotel & Spa (home to recently renovated fine-dining destination Napa Rose<\/a>), as well as the\u00a0Pixar Place Hotel just up the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Made up of two main parks\u2014the seven-decade-old Disneyland and the newer Disney California Adventure\u2014this themed resort is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,21899,153882,143750,153881,153880,153879,25546,1929],"class_list":["post-380583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-attractions","tag-attractions-theme-parks","tag-family-kids-family-friendly","tag-kids-hands-on-for-kids","tag-kids-undefined","tag-mood-escapism","tag-more-recommended","tag-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}